Ex-IMPD cop charged with OWI gets home detention in plea deal

4:53 PM,
Apr. 23, 2013

Michael Rinehart

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A former Indianapolis police officer accused of operating while intoxicated was sentenced to home detention after agreeing to a plea deal.

Michael Rinehart, a 35-year veteran with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, was arrested last June after, police said, his driver's side mirror clipped a road construction worker in the back as he passed by West 16th Street and North Worth Avenue in Speedway.

A construction crew supervisor caught up with Rinehart and alerted him about the incident, according to IMPD. Rinehart then ...